It was slightly strange being away for the second week of the build but we were lucky to have photos sent by lovely neighbours so we had an idea what was going on.
While we were enjoying the sun at the beach, cooling down in the pool, tucking in to paella and quaffing sangria, the builders were starting on the walls, sorting out the drains and getting the scaffolding put up.
We had a moment of concern when two men were spotted helping themselves to a couple of bricks from the garden. Our neighbours took photos of them being a bit weird, and then wandered around the garden putting them off and parked their car on our driveway to make it look occupied during our last night of holiday. A reminder of one of the reasons we decided to the extension rather than move house: great neighbours.
